Sale-cabinet.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

R. R. RIGKETTS,

SALE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1908.

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RICHARD R. RIGKE'ITS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

SALE -CAB INE T.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed January 27, 1908. Serial No. 412,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD R. RICK- ETTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sale-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cabinets in which a number of difierent kinds of merchandise, such as seeds and the like, in bulk, may be kept in convenient condition for selling in small quantities, and my invention consists in certain novel features in the construction of such a device whereby the cost of producing the device is reduced and its efficiency for the purposes intended, and the convenience attained by its use are enhanced, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved sale-cabinet; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail section on an enlarged scale, on the line 3, 3, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the valve-slides.

The cabinet comprises a series of vertical supply bins 1 and a corresponding series of dispensing bins 2, vertically beneath the respective supply bins.

The lower parts 1 of the front walls of the supply bins are in the form of transparent panels. The upper parts 1 are set inward from the plane of said lower partsto provide upper legs of the supply bins of reduced dimension from front to rear. The offset thus provided between said upper and lower parts is closed in each bin by the clownwardly and outwardly extending walls 1.

In the exterior recess formed by the offset between the upper and lower parts of the walls are provided racks 3 for envelops containing seeds in lithograph envelops, or other suitable packages thereof, or for wrappers or other containers in which to place the goods.

Since the bottoms 3 of the envelop racks 3 are all formed by the downwardly and outwardly extending wall 1 it follows that the envelops or the like will be supported in the racks with their upper edges separated for convenient extraction of the envelops individually and always to the front of the display rack. The envelops are retained at bottom by the bead 3 and near their upper ends by the transverse rod 3. The greater portion of the surface of the envelops is thus left exposed for display.

Bins 2 are fed through discharge ports 2 and the escaping material is dammed or choked by the accumulation which results from the inclined bottom 2 To close the discharge ports 2 during shipment and to regulate the feed therethrough in use, valve like slides 4 are provided. These slides are mounted in side grooves 5 of the partitions 5, so located as to hold the slides closely beneath the bottoms 1 and in order to maintain the adjustment of the slides they are punctured to provide serrations 4 which increase the friction between the slides and the surface over which they move.

The front ends of the guide grooves 5 are closed by the hinge strip 6.

7 represents a door for closing the lower bins hinged at 8 to the hinge-strip and adapt ed to gravitate to closed position, therefore, always dust and mouse proof.

To close the upper ends of the supply bins, a closure 9 is hinged at 10 to the back of the cabinet. To confine the envelops in the racks 3, a closure 11 is hinged to the closure 9 and inclines downwardly to lie closely to the upper ends of the envelops. The rack closure is thus adapted to raise independently of the bin-closure 11 to allow envelops or packets 'to be removed by raising only; on

.the other hand the described arrangement provides for throwing closures backward out of the way as suggested by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the cabinet may be refilled.

13 represents stops for arresting the rackclosure at an angle from which it will gravitate to closed position, thereby protecting the contents from dust.

14 is a display-panel removably sustained by pins I l: on top of the bin-closure. In shipment it is removed and laid across the transparent panels of the bins to assist in protecting the transparent material which forms this portion of the front wall.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sale cabinet com rising vertical supply pins, and dispensing ins located beneath the respective su ply bins; the lower front walls of the supp y bins being transparent, and the upper front walls thereof bemg set inward to provide upper reduced legs to the supply bins; and the offset between said lower and upper walls being closed, by downwardly and forwardly inclined walls; the said cabinet being provided above said offsets with envelop racks, the bottoms of which arev provided by the inclined walls, whereby the envelops are held with their upper ends separated for convenient selection individually.

2. A sale cabinet com rising vertical supply bins; and dispensing ins located beneath the respective su ply bins; the lower front walls of the supp y bins being transparent, and the upper front walls thereof being set inward to provide upper reduced legs .to the supply bins; the said cabinet being provided above said offsets with envelo racks; said cabinet being provided with a c osure for the upper ends of the supply bins; also a closure for the upper ends of the envelop racks, carried by the supply bins said closure.

3. A sale cabinet comprising vertical supply pins, and dispensing bins located beneath the res ective su ply bins; the lower front walls oi the su ply bins being transparent, and the upper ront walls thereof being set inward to'provide u per reduced legs to the supply bins; and t 1e offset between said lower and upper walls being closed by downwardly and forwardly inclined walls; the said cabinet being provided above said offsets with envelopracks, the bottoms of which are provided by the inclined walls, whereby the envelops are held with their upper ends se a rated for convenient selection individua y; said cabinet being provided with a closure; for the upper ends of the supply bins; also a closure for the upper ends of the envelop racks, carried by the supply bins said closure; the envelop racks said closure inclining downwardly to protect the upper ends of the envelops.

4. A sale cabinet comprising vertical supply bins, and dispensing bins located beneath the respective su pl bins; the lower front walls of the supply b and the upper front walls thereof belng set inward to provide u per reduced legs to the supply bins; the sai cabinet being provided above said offsets with envelo racks; said cabinet being provided with a c osure for the upper ends of the supply bins; also a closure for the upper ends of the envelop racks, carins being transparent,

ried by the supply bins said closure, through the medium of hinges which permit the envelop racks closure to open independently of the supply bins closure to which it is attached.

5. A sale cabinet comprising vertical supply bins, and dispensing bins located beneath the respective su ply bins; the lower front of the supply bins closure to which it is at-' tached; and said supply-bins closure being also hinged to the cabinet so that both closures may be swung jointly from position.

6. A sale cabinet com rising vertical supply bins, and dispensing ins located beneath the respective su ply bins; the lower front walls of the supp y bins being trans arent, and the upper front walls thereof being set inward to provide u per reduced legs to the supply bins; the said cabinet being provided above said offsets with envelo racks said cabinet being provided with a c osure for the upper ends of the supply bins; also a closure for the upper ends of the envelop racks, carried by the supply bins said closure, through the medium of hinges which permit the envelop racks closure to open independently of the supply bins closure to which it is attached; and the su. ply-bins closure being provided with arresting stops located to prevent the envelop racks closure opening beyond a point from which-it will gravitate to closed position. The foregoing specification signed at Springfield Mo. this 25 day of July, 1907.

' RICHARD R. RIOKETTS. In presence of two witnesses A. S. E. SANDERS, WM. J. MURRAY; 

